To be honest, I don’t plan much for the day that is designated just for me. Well, me and all the other mother’s out there. But anyway.

In the past I have never done any planning. I’ve left all of that up to my husband and children. However.

I started thinking. Perhaps it might be prudent to do a little advance planning so that the day goes as smoothly as possible and so that the gifts abound.

What better way for this to happen than:

1) To do everything myself

or

2) Leave very specific hints and lists around the house so that there is no confusion as to what I desire?

Just today I stumbled upon COUPONS on PAYPAL. Not just any coupons though, good coupons. Coupons whereby my family can buy me a cute new pair of shoes (free shipping from Zappos), along with new cosmetics AND a handbag (20% off at ebags) with which to carry them. You see, I’m going to need them for the trip they are sending me on ($49 each way on JetBlue). A new piece of jewelry (10 off a $100 purchase at Zales) might be a nice touch as well, don’t you think? Oh. Oh. Let’s not forget flowers (25% off on FTD order). I think I need flowers for sure.

You know, in compiling my list I realize that I don’t need to leave a list around. I think a link to this post strategically emailed to my husband will do the trick. Don’t you?

Now in the spirit of Mother’s Day giving, PayPal would like to give one of you a $100 gift card to BARNES AND NOBLE.

If you are interested in winning a $100 gift card to Barnes and Noble, all you need to do is:

Visit the PayPal Shopping site here. Come back and tell which deal looks the most appealing to you.

Tell @PayPalShopping why you’re saying #ThanksMom this Mother’s Day, or RT any message with #ThanksMom. (This also enters you into a daily drawing for $100!) Once done, come back here and leave a comment.

Contest runs from April 27nd-May 7th at 11:59 pm PDT. Open to all readers. Winner will be contacted by email and must respond within 24 hours in order to claim prize.

About Angie

Angie is a CRAFT dabbling, recipe making, WORD loving, sunshine hording, book DEVOURING, Mama to a lot! She's kind of in love with Instagram right now, so if you want her attention, go find here there. {smiling}

I do love B&N or any book store for that matter. Even though I spend most of my spare time on-line, I am still all about the books! As for Paypal, been a member for at least 10 years and I would probably go for the JetBlue tix to go see the grandkids!

PS: I don’t know why, but CommentLuv actually WORKS on your site. I struggle with it on every other site – works about 50% of the time.
.-= Adrian´s last blog ..Stress Reduction for Busy Moms =-.

Wowzers! This is a GC I need to get my hands on! I haven’t bought myself a book in years. And you know what, if I won, I would spend the whole $100 on myself. I wouldn’t buy a single kids book, I swear I wouldn’t! 🙂

Okay, now for the entry part… I like the cooking.com having 15 dollars off of each 100 purchase because my mixer just broke and Mama can’t bake without her mixer! 🙂

Note: I changed the bil.ly link to http://bit.ly/dsDjJZ because the one you say to use http://bit.ly/co4shp takes me to a 404 Error Page.
Please let me know if you change it to something different that works.
Thanks!

I posted a picture and left this comment, “Thanks, omma, for teaching me to appreciate my Korean heritage in the short time we lived together. I love our phone conversations as years go by, and I can’t wait to see you next year! Saranghaeyo!” on the Thanks, Mom feature.

I am absolutely nut for this baggallini City Bagg – Crinkle Nylon and it’s 20% off. That’s what I want. maybe two in Red and in black or three, brown too.
.-= Rachel McGuire´s last blog ..All I want for Mothers day (contest entry) =-.

For me, the best deal is the 5- 15% off HDTV’s at Best Buy! We have an older set and a digital converter box and don’t even get all the channels with that. Eliminating the digital converter box would make a huge difference, to say nothing of how great it would look!

I can’t believe it’s already here!!! I love the zales discount!!! jewelry is always good in my book! 🙂 I don’t get tweeting? I have twitter but haven’t done much with it… Any insite would be great! 🙂
.-= Melissa´s last blog ..♥ A couple of days worth… =-.

I like this deal: Get 20% off online orders at ThingsRemembered.com.
Use code: PAYPAL20 because they have some really great gifts at reasonable prices. Instant classics, and you can get them personalized.